| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 110 | 86 | 187 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -24 |  +101 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 87 | 112 | 88 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 1.157 % | 1.487 % | 0.587 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 6.075 % | 7.650 % | 2.679 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 26 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £267 | £315 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £213 | £226 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £351 | £341 | £427 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £235 | £305 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 26 | 34 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £18.45 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £11.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.37 | £36.30 | £38.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 1432 | 1464 | 3285 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 19.05 % | 19.44 % | 21.90 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 463 | 378 | 661 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £345 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £230 | £205 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £475 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 264 | 224 | 766 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.00 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
